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A Break in the Weather

This spring has been one step forward, two steps back, lather, rinse, repeat. Mostly cold and rainy, with only the most sporadic bits of sunshine and warmth. So I really try to take advantage of some outdoor weather when it chooses to grace us with its presence. As most of you know,
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Oh And I’m Going to the Chapel and I’m Gonna Get….

…Going to the chapel and I’m gonna get to be a wedding guest! You didn’t think it was ME getting hitched, did’ya?? Ha ha, NOPE. But a dear friend with a wonderful second marriage story, IS. I couldn’t be happier for them both. So, the challenge was “beachy but evening” wedding guest
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Week in Review: Week 166

This week flew by, I was busy every minute it seemed, I even canceled a dinner out with a friend cuz I was just worn out. I didn’t schedule anything for myself this weekend so I could catch my breath and get caught up a bit before a new week starts. Fortunately,
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The One that ALMOST Got Away

So. The story. Two years ago I went to plusBKLYN for the first time with my blogger buddy Marcy Cruz cuz we’d heard amazing things. No lie, it was a great shop! It’s where I found my beloved Junarose dress I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about. We both tried on
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Not 100

I had a DM exchange on Instagram this weekend with a blogger/Instagrammer I admire for her energy and positive attitude. This weekend she seemed a tad low and was even questioning if she should really keep going with blogging. She just wasn’t feeling it. I messaged her that we don’t always need
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Week in Review: Week 165

So, informal poll here: do you prefer the chatty Week in Review posts…or the ones that are mostly pictures with a caption? Giant heron. Tee hee. Reward for walking. Giant butterfly. There seems to be a theme. I don’t think it is, but is this poison ivy? I thought poison ivy had
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On This Day: May 5

On this day 28 years ago I got the most wonderful gift – my beautiful baby girl, Katie. I remember the day so well…from the weird “basketball inflating and deflating” inside my belly all day (that I only later realized were contractions) while my girlfriend and I sat in lawn chairs in
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Month in Review: April 2019

Doesn’t it seem like I just did the March Month in Review?? Ha ha, I DID. I was late then, and now I’m right on time (for a change). my top 3 posts march Angry at ASOS! Well, that’s too bad. As they say, bad news travels faster than good. (DO “they”
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Some Springtime Ramblings

Bear with me here, I don’t have a real specific topic today. Just thought I’d share some random thoughts and what’s going on with me. I may say this every year, but I feel like Real Spring is taking FOR. EVER. to get here. It LOOKS like spring. The grass and trees
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Grateful for Gloria (Vanderbilt)

After last week’s ASOS debacle, I’m pleased this week to be wearing a new pair of Amanda jeans kindly gifted to me by Gloria Vanderbilt (not GLORIA Gloria, you know what I mean). I’ve been wearing Gloria Vanderbilt jeans since the SEVENTIES. It was the one brand I could count on fitting
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Week in Review: Week 164

I’ve got the last day of vacation blues, fo sho. And, you ask, how did I do on that vacation to-do list? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Ha. Moving on 🙂 Borrowed view of a neighbor’s cherry tree. Yet another dress I can’t wear to a
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Angry at ASOS!!!

Subtitle: And It’s Not My Fault! SO. About a week ago I got a weird email saying my ASOS account had been blocked for too many returns. Obviously spam, right? I deleted it without a thought. A day or so later I tried to sign into my ASOS account to look at
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Best of British ~ Match Made in Seven: April

Welcome to the monthly edition of Match Made in Seven! We are an international group of fashion bloggers who meet virtually once a month. One of us chooses a theme each month, and that can be anything: a book, music, a color, a movie. And then we all style an outfit based
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Week in Review: Week 163

Get yourself a cuppa cuz this week feels like two week’s worth of week. Monday: Went to the urologist about the kidney stone (which has turned into two kidney stones so Let’s Take Care of This Right Away says Dr. Uro.) and he recommends a lithotripsy (shock wave stone breaking up procedure –
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Month in Review: March 2019

Here we are, more than halfway into April and I’m just getting around to the March month in review. That will give you an idea of how things are going around here! There’s a little different format here this time. It was another month when I did not have time to browse
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Low-Key Ways to Wear Red

Red is the color of extremes. It’s the color associated with passion, fire, love, danger, anger. It’s a powerful color. What color is a power tie? Red. What color dress does the seductress wear? Red. POWERFUL. Such a strong and vibrant color for people to work into their wardrobes, especially if they’re
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Catching Up

Am I the only one that feels like I can’t get caught up with life?? Every time I think I’m just about to get a handle on it, something new pops up and sets me back again. I’m trying so hard to get to a place where I won’t keep falling behind,
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Week in Review: Week 162

I feel like I never quite got myself together this week. I wasn’t feeling super great and I just wasn’t getting as much done as usual. Wednesday was National Sibling Day. I’ve probably shared this picture before of me and my sister. She’s the pretty one. I’m the short one. I love
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Happy (Kind of) Anniversary to Me

I’m writing this on April 9…which would have been my 30th wedding anniversary. We were only married 8 years, though we were together, on and off, for 7 years before that. I remember the wedding day like it was yesterday. And while the marriage didn’t work out, I will say, he’s the
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Paris in the the Springtime

Remember that old word illusion? What is wrong with this sentence: Paris in the the Springtime Because people are familiar with the phrase, they tend to not notice the second “the.” I always liked things like that – or those paragraphs that are written, missing most of the letters, or with jumbled
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